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Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand

Working in the technology team supporting the ERP transformation project.The council is on an exciting journey moving its core IT system TechnologyOne to Datascape (DATACOM).

Timaru District, Canterbury, New Zealand

People, Process, and Technology - working with senior leaders to bring valuable and sustainable change.Project Managed the implementation of The South Island Patient Information Care System (SI PICS) for SCDHB. Other work:Consulting and development of a user driven Windows app to interface with a PLC machine driver for "Largest Domestic Aerated Wastewater Treatment System (AWTS) Manufacturer in Australia". The solution replaces a system that had significant risk to their production and sales. Now gives them a stable and supportable platform, feature rich, that can evolve with the company's growth.

Canterbury, New Zealand

IT Services Manager (Acting) In 2018 I was approached by the executive management team with an opportunity to step-up and lead the technology team. Responsible for the support, development, and security of digital assets.

Canterbury & West Coast, New Zealand

Key accountabilities Provide strategic direction in recommending and enhancing applications for Alpine Energy.Managing and directing the Application services and making sure they are aligned to business objectives and adequately supporting business strategy.Design, update and implement the IT Applications architecture, roadmap and service strategy.Provide guidelines for internal and external developers.ResponsibilitiesTechnologyOne infrastructure support.Process analysis for software fit-for-purpose.Attending to any elevated service ticket requests.Producing reports for users using SQL and Excel.Administering to any application licencing requirements.General Database duties, MS SQL and ORACLE.Bespoke business software bug fixing as required

Oamaru

From August 2016 until February 2017 I had the privilege of supporting the team as Acting Information Services Manager.Data Analyst - Working across all Council units using robust BI practices to develop and improve information cohesion and presentation that allows the Council to better support the local community.Projects 2016• Process Improvement - Development Contributions, role of BA / PM• Regulatory KPI Reporting (Developer)• Stage 1 - GIS (Smart Client) Workflow Development, role of BA / DEVProjects 2015• SharePoint 2013 Development with SSRS 2012 and BI Reporting Tools.• Process Improvement - C# development, automation of data processing tasks in the Authority (Civica) System.• Refactoring T-SQL used in the GIS GeoMedia Spatial database for speed and stability.Taking on the role of go-to-guy for DBA consultation. At the beginning of October 2015 I was asked to help the IT Manager (at that time) and was to manage / mentor the IT Systems Support Team, offering them my expertise and insights. The goal - to improve the customer experience and get the team working smarter, not harder!The role expanded somewhat from my original appointment as the senior management team saw value in my repertoire of IT/IS knowledge and professional approach to ongoing challenging demands in a progressive environment. Technologies - Database, Spatial Data, SSRS, SSIS, SharePoint 2013, C#, Reporting BI Business Intelligence. PowerBI and Excel Power tools.

South Canterbury

Some of the products Awen can build and support, ideal for small businesses on a tight budget.● ODOO v8 (OpenERP) Implementation, Training and on going support.● Linux based Small Business Server:------►Domain Controller------►DHCP------►DNS------►Mail------►File------►Print● Firewall SolutionsWindows desktop and alternatives MS Office and alternatives

Timaru, South Canterbury, New Zealand

Jack of all trades with IT & IS responsibilities in a busy manufacturing environment. With my broad skill set and experience my involvement was not only traditional Network & Server duties but also a System analytics and development champion with the emphasis on continuous improvement and reduction in waste.NZLL had gone through many changes over the 3 years I was there. I was glad to have been part of the Management team that contributed to the ongoing success of the business.On starting the role my strategy was clear, stabilisation and simplification, for example: • Moved all the servers onto a VMWare platform • Formalised a DR process and invested in VEEAM • Upgraded the Email system to Outlook and Exchange 2010 (onsite) • Deployment of Linux (Ubuntu) Webserver, Proxy + Dan’s Guardian • PHP web reporting using AJAX, Javascript and JQuery • A number of C# (2010) desktop apps to automate user processes This approach allowed me to utilise my time more effectively for value added tasks and projects.We had a diverse user base that required support, training and mentoring using the technology and the IT department was responsible for ensuring this was maintained at a high level. System ProjectsA Dynamics AX 2012 R2 implementation was a major business project for the team, and was a replacement for an ageing ERP system with an up to date and some would say bleeding-edge product.Although though there were many challenges and lessons learnt it went live at the end of September 2013 with zero impact to the company.

Rangiora, Ashley

In the short time I was with them I worked to make their aging manufacturing system stable and gave them the impetus to move forward - Then looked for new worlds to conquer.........I was part of a small and diverse team of professionals consisting of an Automation Engineer, Network Engineer, SAP support, and general IT support. My role was responsible for their manufacturing information system CustomLeda. This was originally established over 15-years ago and managed through an equally mature Delphi 32 architecture.The core of CustomLeda included 127 individual applications accessed through a single menu system. Each part was tailored specifically to a typical manufacturing process: - • Planning and control • Production Order • Material Control • Quality Control / Lab testing • Finishing and Packing Coming from a manufacturing background it was easy for me to assimilate the operational processes that allowed me engage with each departmental team on their terms - being prepared to listen to suggestions and help users’ gain better understanding of the technology. Being highly automated the acquisition of all production data is from PLC's that is collected via Delphi based services using OPC (OLE for Process Control), these data packets are then processed and stored in the Database (Interbase). I steered the company to adopt a web-based Intranet reports, these could be quickly deployed with the effort focused on information content. The company used SAP as part of the accounting, sales and stock management. The two systems SAP and CustomLeda were tightly connected, moving data between each other through import / export interfaces. This area is an obvious cross-over seeing the SAP support and I working closely to keep data integrity.

4 Expo Place, Bromley 8062, Christchurch

Built a multifarious software product that allowed simple, and convenient management of the their PLC based monitoring and data-capture networks. It even makes a phone call to the farmer if the ground temperature hits a predefined range; how cool is that. Go to their website for more info - they are a great bunch to deal with.www.streatsahead.com

Christchurch

Wrote efficient code for a Treasury Management Software package.I started working as a developer on their Avantgard Quantum product using Visual Basic 6, the tasks were project based collaborations with functional, and treasury analysts.I was later promoted to support developer working with the functional support team to deliver fixes and updates.

United Kingdom

IT Support and Consultation

United Kingdom

Wrote efficient code for a Debt Management Software packageResponsibilities: Develop the companies’ two software products, Debtsolv and Checkmate. Duties included: Programming and testing code-modification. Debugging current versions against customer bug-list. Telephone support. Development Tools and Languages: MS Visual Basic 6 SQL Enterprise Manager + T-SQL, Stored ProceduresSoftware Supported: WinXP & Win2K Pro (client) & NT4 & Win2K Servers SQL Server 2000

Preston, United Kingdom

Supported and developed their IT Infrastructure.My first project on starting with the company was to analyse and amend the manufacturing coding structure in line with the organisation's development plan, this was a very important and responsible project that I was more than qualified to undertake. The project required me to write a complex conversion program using T-SQL that would alter many database tables – this would not only allocate new numbers but calculate new units of measurements and recalculate cost values and restructure records for grouping and analysis; this had to have zero disruptive impact on the companies ERP system Sage Enterprise. In addition to the project was the need to evaluate and rewrite HTML/ASP intranet documents and bespoke software. This was a very demanding project to undertake especially for one leaving education so soon; not only did it test my programming skills but showed that I can assimilate and identify operations and processes quickly under very demanding time frames.

I was 17-years old when I started and stayed with them for 11-years and within that time I was a warehouse operative, Quality control technician, Warehouse Supervisor and Logistics Manager.I left to pursue a new career in I.T.

Bsc (Hons), Computer Science

Computer Science

Hnd, Higher National Diploma In Software Engineering